Employee Participation

A measure of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits over the past month has fallen to its lowest level in almost six years, signaling fewer layoffs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "tax-free" program for businesses may not be so free for New Yorkers after all.

U.S. employers in June advertised the most jobs in five years but hired fewer workers, a mixed sign for the recovering job market.

For many House conservatives, President Barack Obama's decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major arguing point not against that law but in opposition to immigration legislation.

I remember when my greatest worry about lunch was hanging onto the money for it until then. Ah, those were the days.

Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant but he says his paychecks aren't enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He...

Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an inquiry into a labor contract dispute.

US service firms expanded last month at the fastest pace since February, fueled by a jump in new orders and stronger business activity.